I really appreciate it when people keep the two apart!
Me too! Trying to explain one canon by consulting the other can only confuse everyone, I think, because they're two completely different stories. They simply don't fit, so in effect, what you end up doing is constructing an entire *third* canon of your own, and picking and choosing which aspects of which canon you regard as the "right" one.
In fanfic, of course, I understand entirely that fans who enjoy both the novel and the series might want to bring aspects from both canons together, to have the best of both worlds.
But yes, authors, PLEASE TAG such stories with both canon tags, even if it's only the characterization that's changed! Otherwise it is bound to end up reading as massively out of character...
I wonder: Are there also stories that purport to be set in the novel universe, but use a series characterization? Or does it just happen the other way around?
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Date: 2019-01-22 12:08 am (UTC)Me too! Trying to explain one canon by consulting the other can only confuse everyone, I think, because they're two completely different stories. They simply don't fit, so in effect, what you end up doing is constructing an entire *third* canon of your own, and picking and choosing which aspects of which canon you regard as the "right" one.
In fanfic, of course, I understand entirely that fans who enjoy both the novel and the series might want to bring aspects from both canons together, to have the best of both worlds.
But yes, authors, PLEASE TAG such stories with both canon tags, even if it's only the characterization that's changed! Otherwise it is bound to end up reading as massively out of character...
I wonder: Are there also stories that purport to be set in the novel universe, but use a series characterization? Or does it just happen the other way around?